Overview – Outline of American Literature

Outline of American Literature

by Katheryn VanSpanckeren

The American Literature study guide(English 3 from the Excellence in Literature curriculum) references these chapters from the Outline of American Literature, a public-domain American Literature textbook published by the U. S. State Department.

Kathryn VanSpanckeren, professor of English at the University of Tampa, has lectured in American literature widely abroad, and is former director of the Fulbright-sponsored Summer Institute in American Literature for international scholars. Her publications include poetry and scholarship. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Ph.D. from Harvard University.

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